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Russia conducted a successful launch of the Angara 5 rocket on April 11 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. What does the event mean for the future of Russias space exploration?

Washington recently raised a great fuss over the alleged "Russian threat", citing, in particular, possible space-based nuclear deployments. Moscow shredded the speculations, suggesting that the US is using the rumors as a smokescreen for its own military programs.

A dark horse UK-based company has been awarded a contract to build and operate a new “space domain awareness” telescope at a British military base in Cyprus. Sputnik reached out to one of Russia’s leading space researchers for insights on the project’s possible goals, and its geopolitical implications for Britain, its allies and adversaries.

An ambitious but failed attempt by Russia to return to the moon after nearly half a century has exposed the massive challenges faced by Moscow’s once-proud space program. Some commentators said the Luna-25 crash dented Russian prestige and raised new doubts about its technological prowess following military blunders in Ukraine.

The lunar south pole is of particular interest to scientists, who believe the permanently shadowed polar craters may contain frozen water in the rocks that future explorers could transform into air and rocket fuel.

The failure has exposed the massive challenges faced by Moscow’s once-proud space program.

An ambitious but failed attempt by Russia to return to the moon after nearly half a century has exposed the massive challenges faced by Moscows once-proud spac

An ambitious but failed attempt by Russia to return to the moon after nearly half a century has exposed the massive challenges faced by Moscow’s once-proud

An ambitious but failed attempt by Russia to return to the moon after nearly half a century has exposed the massive challenges faced by Moscow’s once-proud space program. Some commentators said the Luna-25 crash dented Russian prestige and raised new doubts about its technological prowess following military blunders in Ukraine.

An ambitious but failed attempt by Russia to return to the moon has exposed the massive challenges faced by Moscow’s once-proud space program.